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Different Lists, Different Purposes
Commentators highlight that this list of three sons of Benjamin differs from the ten in Genesis 46 and the five in Numbers 26. This isn't seen as an error, but as a reflection that genealogies served different purposes, sometimes listing current clan leaders or descendants rather than only immediate sons.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 7:6
18th Century
Theologian
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In Genesis, ten “sons” of Benjamin are mentioned; in Numbers, five are listed (marginal references). Neither list, however, contains Jedi…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 7:1–6
19th Century
Bishop
THE GREAT CLANS OF ISSACHAR, BENJAMIN, NAPHTHALI, WEST MANASSEH, EPHRAIM, AND ASHER.
(1–5) The tribe of Issachar, its clans…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 7:6
17th Century
Pastor
The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three .
] Benjamin had ten sons, but three only are mentioned f…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 7:1–40
17th Century
Minister
No account is given here of either Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they alone should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of…